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[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A bag seen through an X-ray scanner Technology that could speed up and enhance security checks at airports is being demonstrated to industry experts at a showcase event in London. Among the innovations is a pad that could detect explosives hidden in shoes while people are queuing at […]

[ad_1] Image copyright MyOnlineSecurity Image caption One sign that the webpage is fake is that it uses the wrong font An investment scheme is using a fake BBC News webpage to convince members of the public to hand over funds. The spoof page references a Bitcoin-themed documentary broadcast by Panorama last year, but links on […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook said one campaign it shut down had links to staff at Russia’s Sputnik news agency Facebook has removed 500 pages and accounts allegedly involved in peddling fake news in Central Europe, Ukraine and other Eastern European nations. The action ends efforts by two separate groups to “manipulate […]

[ad_1] The latest version of long-running video game franchise Ace Combat has a new virtual reality (VR) mode allowing players a more immersive experience of the game. But does it really make players feel as though they are flying for real? BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak and Kate Russell take to the skies in two acrobatic […]

[ad_1] Many people with Parkinson’s disease have freezing episodes when they walk. They suddenly come to a standstill and even though they want to move, they can’t. One London-based entrepreneur has come up with a solution – lasers fitted to their shoes. Filmed by Richard Kenny and edited by Ammar Ebrahim for BBC World Hacks. […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Domino’s is accused of failing to make its app fully compatible with Apple’s accessibility software Domino’s Pizza has been told its website and app must be made fully accessible to blind people, after losing a legal case in the US. It follows a complaint from a blind customer […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Russell Horning (Backpack Kid) and Alfonso Ribeiro demonstrate their dances – the Floss and the Carlton Microsoft has removed two dance moves from its Forza series of racing games, following questions over the legality of such moves in video games. It comes as Epic Games, the creators of […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Apple’s ban of Alex Jones’s InfoWars podcasts last August led to similar moves by several other technology companies Video-streaming service Roku has made a U-turn over its addition of InfoWars – the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s channel. Social media activists noticed Roku was offering the channel earlier […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Nike Image caption The shoe, which has is connected to a smartphone app which will store fit preferences Nike has launched self-lacing trainers, which fit themselves to the shape of the foot and are controlled via a smartphone. It is the latest iteration of the futuristic footwear, first referred to in the […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Jit Ray Chowdhury Image caption The purple dots and lines on this photo of the Stratosphere hotel in Las Vegas show the damage… A man who took a photograph of a driverless car on display at the CES tech fair says his camera was damaged as a result. Jit Ray Chowdhury noticed […]

[ad_1] Image copyright PA Drones in the US may soon fly over populated areas and at night, under proposals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The US government is keen to extend the use of such craft for commercial purposes. That is in stark contrast to the UK, which plans to make tougher laws. It […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei in 1987, since when it has become one of China’s biggest companies Huawei’s founder has denied Chinese authorities have ever asked his company to help spy on its clients. Ren Zhengfei was speaking to foreign media in a rare interview, following claims Huawei posed […]